Furniture Legs Flashcards
What is another name for a Cabriole Leg?
Queen Anne Leg.
What type of leg is an 18th-century double-curved tapering leg?
Cabriole Leg.
What type of turned leg features a cup turning?
Cupped Leg.
What short and heavy leg is used for low pieces of Chinese furniture, curving outward at the top and inward at the bottom?
Elephant-Trunk Leg.
What 17th-century carved leg has two scrolls, with the bottom scroll turning inward and the upper scroll turning outward?
Flemish Scroll Leg.
What type of leg is straight and square, sometimes tapering downward and may be decorated with fluting?
Marlborough Leg.
What type of leg curves backward like a curved sword and tapers slightly toward the bottom?
Saber Leg (also called Scimitar Leg, Swept Leg, or Waterloo Leg).
What carved leg is shaped like the letter S and is commonly seen in William and Mary Baroque Furniture?
Scroll Leg.
What turned leg incorporates a spiral design?
Spiral Leg.
What type of table leg pivots outward on a hinge to support a leaf, similar to a gate-leg table but without a stretcher?
Swing Leg.
What turned leg incorporates a trumpet-shaped turning?
Trumpet Leg.
